Video: KP’s vlog debuts

posted at 10:57 pm on February 28, 2007 by Allahpundit

A surprisingly good first effort for a woman with such a terrible case of jaundice. Seriously, do we have to send Bryan over to the Fox News studios to show them how to capture natural skin tones for web video? The girl’s more orangey than George Hamilton and Keith Olbermann combined.

She’s very smooth, as always, but she hasn’t quite figured out what to do with her hands yet. Believe it or not, that can be a thorny problem when you’re standing in for a minutes-long medium shot. The boss solves it elegantly with the mutual hand clasp. I’m sure KP will figure something out.

Her topic: the many, many would-be rapists she encountered on her way to John Edwards’s campaign headquarters in “Second Life.” Click the image to watch.

Oh, she finally gave me the green light to post that video clip I mentioned the other day that had me laughing for about 18 hours. It’s only three seconds long but it is, quite simply, one of the goofiest intros you’ll ever see on America television. She’s a trooper for having gone along with it, and even more of a trooper for letting me post it knowing that it’s destined to become a running gag around here. Poor KP.

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I saw that news segment when it initially aired. There’s actually two sides to Second Life. There’s “Teen Second Life” for kids 17 and younger which has several filters for language, graphics, etc. Then there’s the adult Second Life, where basically anything goes. I liked her choice of avatar. Although, I’ve never actually seen her from a rear view, it’s almost exactly as I imagined her back…side… would be. Good job.

As for that intro… I foresee a recurring role as Jack Bauer’s sidekick in her future!

KP did an alright job describing the world in Second Life. Those who write anything about SL who haven’t seen much will write about how it’s so sexual and what not. But KP didn’t mention the large communities of scripters, designers — the REAL talented people. It’s an amazing “game” with smut making up MAYBE 5%. I guess it’s true though, sex sells. Other than that, I thought she did a great job for her first time.

Now I love KP if only for the fact that she seems like the only Dem willing to discuss and debate the facts of an issue rather than spew mindless talking points. (Bob Beckel is a close second, but he dodges questions using humor as a distraction too often.)

Kirsten is an excellent public speaker. She actually appears very comfortable in front of the camera and is very easy to listen to – not to mention being easy on the eyes. I actually understood, word-for-word, every point she wanted to convey. I agree the hands were a bit busy and distracting, but that’s an easy thing for someone like her to overcome.

The points she made, were very interesting and left me with a question: why would a presidential hopeful align himself with such seedy elements like this? Is his campaign so bankrupt for ideas on reaching out to people that this is all they can come up with? Is he so detached from managing his campaign that he doesn’t realize what his campaign affililates itself with? This seems so implausible – even for the air-headed Silky Pony.

The points she made, were very interesting and left me with a question: why would a presidential hopeful align himself with such seedy elements like this? Is his campaign so bankrupt for ideas on reaching out to people that this is all they can come up with? Is he so detached from managing his campaign that he doesn’t realize what his campaign affililates itself with? This seems so implausible – even for the air-headed Silky Pony.

thedecider on February 28, 2007 at 11:43 PM

Meh. second lifers?

An attempt to align his campaign with the most apathetic demographic of the nerdcore MMORPGers?

I mean at least games like World of Warcraft & City of Heroes/Villains have “A Game” hidden among the innane nature of MMORPGs.

But Second Life? how about “Get A Life”. Any gamer that hasn’t realised that they can do all that stuff in the game BETTER in REAL reality are sadly ignorant of the benefits of REAL reality.

You know when I was at Tulane in the early 80’s I wrote a paper on the upcoming internet the “Perils of Pornography” and was roundly criticised except the University backed the paper much to my surprise at the time.

Now, its sad we have the lowest of the low, heck I was just saying in the paper how fast nekkid pictures would get online.

Well, the goofiest use of computer graphics ever was (anyone remember this?) when ABC News had Lynn Sherr (I think) covering the election, and she’d hold her hand flat over the desk and slowly lift it while the FX guys would superimpose a glowing column rising under it to symbolize the tally.

And of course she’d have to watch the monitor to make sure her hand was in the right spot.

AP, are you sure it’s a camera/software problem? I agree with Pinky at 11:46PM. I think maybe Fox pulled her aside and said “Kirsten, Kirsten, Kirsten – Sweetie – You’re just lookin’ too peaked out there. You’re scarin’ the kids. Here, we got this self-tanner we want you to try…”

AP, are you sure it’s a camera/software problem? I agree with Pinky at 11:46PM. I think maybe Fox pulled her aside and said “Kirsten, Kirsten, Kirsten – Sweetie – You’re just lookin’ too peaked out there. You’re scarin’ the kids. Here, we got this self-tanner we want you to try…”

eeyore on March 1, 2007 at 11:31 AM

At first glance it looks like bad lighting and/or no color correction.

KP is not the first to stumble upon the sewer of the internet that Second Life is. Something Awful has been doing a biweekly column skewering Second life and it’s denizens for some time now. You can read it here. But be forewarned, the link I provided is absolutely NOT safe for work! There is quite a bit of strong language on Something Awful, so be aware before you go there that it is really an adults-only site.

That said, they do an excellent job of exposing (with tongue firmly planted in foul-mouthed cheek) the really nasty stuff that goes on there, and have great fun mocking and disrupting it at the same time. A recommended read for adults with strong stomachs.

In re: the hands: She should watch a few of Michelle’s Vents, and she’ll get it. Three basic positions for the hands, rotate those for while, and once in a while a little emphasis. Even easier, adjust the camera angle so her hands are out of the screen when down by her sides–bring them up for emphasis. I agree the orange looks like a technical problem not a skin problem.